What is your thought on the Jena, La trial?

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Personally I believe that the law varies from state to state, but honestly it is ridiculous for the boys to be sentenced to twenty two years for beating up a boy at school. Am I wrong for feeling that this is completely unreasonable? I mean I could see if they had used deadly weapons or had put the boy in the hospital but he didn't have anything wrong with him except for a black eye basically. I think that this is crazy because when I was in high school there were plenty of fights and the person was bleeding and maybe even had broken a bone or something and they weren't given more than a suspension or expelled for a year. What do you think has been done here in this particular situation that is right and wrong? Do you see this a racial thing?